The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1887-06-08
WOLFE COUNTY WINS
THE WEST POINT CADETsHIP IN A
CONTEST WITH FIVE COMPETITORS,
And Grant Lacy, Her Now Distinguished
Son, VIII Next summer Leave Us
a Gallant Soldier Boy to be.

In the contest for the cadetship which
came off at this place on the 30th and 31st
of May, Wolfe county won the prize with
one of her native sOns-Grant Lacy.
The manner in which the examination
was conducted was all that could have
been desired by any one, and all the
contestants were we'll satisfied with the
plan. No man was known by the exam
liners, but instead a number was assigned
each applicant by the committee of ar
rangements, and after the examination
the number showing the best percentage
was awarded the prize. The examiners
were Profs. Dickey, Downing and Erb,
and the committee of arrangements were
Prof. Irvine, of Winchester, DR.. J. A.
Taulbee, of Jackson, and Hon. ]. NJ.
Kash, of this place. The following il
the roster of applicants:
Dudley w. Gardner, Magoflin county.
Marshall VanMeter, Clark county.
Beverly r Jouett, Clark county.
w. Z. Bryant, Breathitt county.
John S. Cline, Pike county.
Grant Lacy, Wolfe county.
Grant Lacy showed 90 per cent, in the
examination and John 5. Cline 81. No
report of the other four applicants was
made.
The winner is one of the most unas-
suming young men in this county, and
surprised not only the other applicants,
but his friends as we'll. He has had ga
hard row to hoe" in his efforts to gain
an education, and has been denied many
advantages possessed by those contend
ing against him. With the exception of
a few weeks attendance under Prof. n.
B. Hays and few weeks under Prof.
Erb, during the last session of Hazel
Green Academy, he has attended the
common schools of our county and pur-
sued his studies at home. The other
applicants have, to say the least,
enjoyed advantages of wealth or educa-
tiOnal facilities of which his meagre
means deprived him, and some of them
were "born with a silver spoon in the
mouth" A determination to do and
dare for the right, and overcome obsta-
Giles which to many young men appear
insurmountable, were the motive powers
which impclled Grant Lacy to gain the
goal, and every young man of our county
and of the mountains should follow
closely in his footsteps. 1t takes hard
work TO be sure, to overcome wealth and
position in the struggle for eminence,
but Grant Lacy has demonstrated that
"work will win"
That every one of the young men were
bright, intelligent boys, can not be dis
puted, and this of itself makes the prize
won by young Lacy the dearer. Any
one of the six applicants would have
done honor to the position aspired to, and
honored Kentucky. 1t is safe to say
that any of the contestants would have
been victorious in an ordinary examina-
ton, for it is very seldom that a per
centage of 90 in possible 100 is attain
ed. 1t is therefore not at all detrimental
to the delinquents that they were defeat
ed. With the intelligence possessed by
each, little more application might
have awarded the prize to another.
A year will elapse before the appoint
ment is made to West Point, by Hon.
w. p. Taulbee, and both young Lacy
and Cline will go before the Board at
West Point. There's many slip 'twixt
cup and lip" and lest Lscy drink the
dregs of disappointment, we advise him
to look to his laurels, for Sint Cline Is a
shrewd one and no mistake. He's as
"sharp as a tack, point upward"
Messrs. Gardner, Bryant, JOuett and
VanMeter have our sympathy in their
defeat, but the fact that they fell before
a "foe worthy of their steel" should in
spire them TO renewed energy, and in
their magnanimity they should wish the
winner well. A place in the navy will
be vacant soon, maybe, and one Of the
four will have q chance for q place in
the forecastle of training ship.
Below are the questions propounded !;
ARITHMETIC.
I. What are the fundamental princi-
plies of arithmetic2
q. Define each term.
3. What is a fractionf
4. Name and define the terms Of a
fraction.
o. Name and define the different kind
of fractions.
9. Name and define the elements in
vOlved In percentage.
7. What are the applications OF per-
centagef
8. x man bought rs shares Of bank
stock at 9Si. He held II for 8 years, O
months, receiving a semi-annuRl divi-
dend Of ( per cent. on the same, when
he sold Il at 1916. Money being worth 9
per cent, ample interest, what was his
gainS
Q. II 10 men can build q wall in n
days, and 4 Of them are absent al first
"a days, how many more must they bring
with them 20 complete the work In the
same timef
10. How many boaTds Of the l0ngsst
psnslble equal length will ineloae q Tee.
lsngalaT field s,ses feet loRg and S.0tI